1/48 Tamiya A6M2-N Rufe
The Tamiya 1/48 Rufe straight out of the box except for the sewing needle pitot. Painted with Tamiya rattle cans, weathered with chalks and pastels. I flat coated the cowl with a household brand clear-flat spray and that's how it turned out, thought it looked kind of cool. I would have freaked out if it was on something other than a black seaplane cowl. A 'good' mistake for once and a lesson learned to at least stick with the spray hobby clear coats. Thank you for the look and letting me share, appreciate it!
Looks great, Erik (@erikjameskidd). The gray surface weathering looks very convincing. I have had clear coats do this when sprayed on very humid days. I have been told that it does this because the clear paint traps moisture from the humidity and gives you a milky finish. I try to avoid painting on humid days, or spray in really thin coats to avoid trapping any unwanted moisture.
Thank you much! Was sure it wasn't humid, however, you are right, that's the only way to get that 'effect'. I was experimenting with different spray clear-coats at the time and was amazed at... How much better Testors, Tamiya and Mr. Hobby stuff was and/or how weird the results were with Krylon, Rustoleum, etc.
It looks pretty good from here, @erikjameskidd, it's always a risk when you mix different manufacturers' products, definitely liked.
Thank you much!
Definitely βlikedβ, Erik!
If you asked me, I thought you were trying to get a sea salt residue look ?.
Nice job job with this Tamiya kit and the weathering.
Thank you!
Looks nice, in my eyes the weathering looks natural. Like a plane at the sea for a long period of time. Nice job on the overall build.
That's a great Rufe, Erik!
Love your weathering interpretation1
Well, it was a Rufe in the Aleutians, and all photos of them show "heavy weathering" so you picked the right subject matter with which to commit a boo-boo.
Nice work on this old chestnut.
Definitely a big like, Erik @erikjameskidd
The painting and weathering is very realistic.
Looks really good! I like the scheme, and dittos to the other comments about the "weathering" - looks pretty realistic to me.
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Very well rendered presentation of a Rufe.
The painting and weathering are very well done, nice job Erik !
G'day Erik (@erikjameskidd),
This is a great build.
I bet you couldn't have achieved that cowling effect on purpose.
I have the Hasegawa kit to build one day and hope it will turn out rather like yours.
Liked!
Ciao Erik, very nice results, which gray did you use ? Iβm going to paint the same airplane but I found that I can use the Tamiya XF76 Japanese Grey green ( but in my opinion is too green) or the Japanese grey XF 12.
Thanks Paolo
Thank you! I used Tamiya AS-2 Light Grey (IJN) spray can with Mr. Surfacer grey primer as a base. The Tamiya sprays are a bit more translucent and I have noticed they will darken or lighten according to the base coat. Hope it helps!